Merle,
Hey... who said it was about liking? ( 'tweren't your Cousin who did, Cousin).
I say it's about... "Appreciation." But that's me.
We each get to make these discernments; and I think it doesn't matter how we
define art, or what it's about. The fact is, Art works on us. When it does.
And even when it doesn't.
(in Zen practice, too; but if you take Zen practice to awakening, and continue
beyond that, it's the same discernment for All)
Probably the artists were up to different things at different times, too,
Merle. No consistent thread in any of those whack-o's! Just look at Picasso's
career, for an "inkling". Jumping from one thing to another, following his
interests, doing radically different things at different times, as his vision
and emphases changed. What a jack-rabbit! And, good at what he did!
And we all see and feel different things when we hear a string quartet, or a
soloist. If it's "understanding", well, that seems a straight-jacket
rule-based thing that you would reject, like you would reject a Nazi
government, given a choice. ;-)
Art is not Science.
If my appreciation of poetry is dependent on "understanding", forget about it,
as we say in New Jersey. And, "I quit".
A channel opens: is that "understanding"? I don't think so. It is
Appreciation. And, it is a mystery. For Joe!
Just sharing, you see. Maybe I am northern-hemisphere-centric, but I don't
know. My head points straight up into the sky, though, no matter where I
stand. Yours?
--Joe
> Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@...> wrote:
>
> you have to embrace art to understand art..it's not about liking it's about
>understanding!.... merle
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